Dietary fat and calcium level effect on feedlot performance and carcass merit in steers

Dietary fat and calcium level effect on feedlot performance and carcass merit in steers

Bock, B.; Brandt, R.T. Jr.; Harmon, D.L.

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Publication Date: 1989

Conference: Cattlemen's Day, 1989, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March, 1989
Starting Page: 94, Ending Page: 96
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Feeding fat increased feed intake and average daily gain, but feed efficiency was not affected. Feeding high levels of calcium (.9%) had no overall effect, but may tend to increase intake when fed with diets that contain primarily vegetable fat or highly unsaturated fat products.

Keywords: Beef; Fat; Performance; Carcass Merit; Steers; Calcium

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6483

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